On 4/18/2017 at 5:31 PM, boulawan said:

 

 

Boot AIO now supports installation on 32 and NTFS partitions. In this article I'll show how to do it automatically or manually.

1. Introduce
2. AIO Boot Settings
   • Automatic
   • Handmade
3. Gender and the partition
4. Root partition

Introduce

AIO Boot in the previous version, I introduced the partition using the NTFS and FAT32. FAT32 partition only mission is to support UEFI boot mode and supports Clover. Since version 0.9.4.3 Boot AIO, this tool supports full installation on multiple partitions.

What's New?

1. FAT32 partition now not only support UEFI mode and supports Clover, it also fully supported as an NTFS partition. Which means you can integrate two or more packages on both partitions.
2. Each partition will have a separate menu containing the package you have built on that partition.
3. You can switch between the menu of the partition that you install Boot AIO. Grub2 from the menu, simply press the F8 key and select a different partition. Then you can see the menu of the package that you've built on that partition.

Why use multiple partitions?

There are many reasons we should use multiple partitions. Here only comes to 32 and NTFS, do not experiment with exFAT.

1. FAT32 partition is always necessary if you want to support UEFI mode and support Clover Legacy mode. Both Windows and Linux use FAT32 partition to boot in UEFI mode.
2. Ubuntu does not currently support the regime stays on NTFS partitions. So if you want to use this feature, use FAT32.
3. Many Linux package as Bitdefender, Fedora, Gentoo does not support on NTFS. So if you want to integrate them, you should use FAT32.
4. You can only store a file size of 4GB or smaller on a FAT32 partition. For files over 4GB, you need NTFS or exFAT use. In case, if you want to use larger storage mode 4GB for Android-x86, OS and Phoenix Remix OS, you need to NTFS or exFAT use. The backup file partition as GHOST, Acronis, VHD and WIM are also very large in size.

There are many reasons that you might like to NTFS or FAT32 will my own, then I will use both if necessary.

AIO Boot Settings

There are many tools that can help you create multiple partitions. As long as you create multiple partitions and ripping up all the AIO Boot partition. Here I will introduce how to do automatically on USB and how to do it manually on your hard drive.

Automatic

AIO Boot Extractor will help you do this job completely automatically. It supports optional FAT32 & NTFS you can create two partitions for USB.

1. Plug the USB into your computer and run AIO_Boot_Extractor.exe .
2. Click on the button Automatic partition .
   
3. Next, select the disk devices in the first position. Select the option FAT32 & NTFS , set the size for FAT32 partition and click OK . Here I will put 5GB for FAT32 partition, the remaining capacity will be used to create NTFS partitions.
   
4. The tool will start the process of creating and extracting two partitions on both AIO Boot partition.

To ensure data security for users, currently only supports AIO USB Boot Extractor and SDcard. If you want to create multiple partitions on your hard drive, refer to how to do it manually.

Handmade

To create partitions on your hard drive, you only need to use Disk Management. If you want to install on a drive Boot AIO is, skip the partitioning step.

Here's how to get a space in the existing partition to create a new partition.

1. Open  Disk Management . You can find diskmgmt.msc or right-click on My Computer ( This PC ) to open Disk Management .
2. In the list of drives, right-click the drive you want to take less space and select Shrink Volume .

    

   Disk Management tool is a hard drive partition for simple, fast and effective.

3. In the box Enter the amount of space to shrink in MB , enter the amount that you need to get. Here I will take down to 20000 MB (19.53 GB).
   
4. You will see the corresponding space located behind the drive that you have taken. Number marked as unallocated  (19.53 GB) will be used to create a new partition. Now you can create a new partition by clicking on the section Unallocated and select New Simple Volume . If your hard drive is empty and wants to create a new partition, start from here.
   
5. You just make the simple steps as shown in the figure below.
   
6. Now you can see the new partition has been created and assigned a drive letter (here H: ).
7. Repeat the above steps to create more partitions as you wish.
8. If you want to delete the partition and re-partition include them in advance. Right click and select Delete Volume . After capacity Unallocated , right-click the partition and select previously Extent Volume .

After the new partition as standard, you only need to perform the following steps to install Boot AIO.

1. Open  AIO_Boot_Extractor.exe and click Get 7-Zip file  to retrieve files AIOBoot.7z .
2. Extract all files available in AIOBoot.7z on the partition you want to install. You can use 7-Zip or WinRAR to extract the password is aioboot .
   
3. Running AIOCreator.exe , under Bootloaders to install Grub2, Clover and syslinux.
4. Repeat the above steps for many other partitions, if any.

So is only through a few simple steps, you can install multiple AIO Boot partition you want. Now you just run AIOCreator.exe and integrate the packet on the appropriate partition for you.

Gender and the partition

Windows in the older version in 1703 only a first partition of devices such as USB or removable SDcard. Since Windows 10 v1703, you can access all the existing partitions on USB.

If the version of Windows that you are using does not show the hidden partition, you can use tools like BOOTICE support. You can only access one partition at a time. Existing partitions will be hidden to hidden partition can be present.

To make a partition that you want, you can use AIO BOOTICE is included in the Boot.

1. Running AIOCreator.exe , go to Tools and select Partition Manager .
   
2. Select a partition is hidden from the list and click Set Accessible .

    

   BOOTICE is a great tool for the management partition and USB hard drives. You can also format the partitions if desired.

3. Once can access the partition that you want, you can run AIOCreator.exe to integrate the custom package.

Note:

• After you have done work in the partition, you can hide it and the other partition.
• AIO Boot will use the first partition on every boot. The partition is more important, then you should put it in first.
• The Windows Setup package does not work on hidden partitions. You need to make up the partition containing the package.
• If the partition space that is no longer enough to use. You can change the size of partitions with dedicated tools such as Partition Wizard Minitool, Aomei Partition Assistant or GParted.

Root partition

Root partition is the partition that contains menus and integrated package that you are seeing. If you integrate the package on another partition, you need to change the root partition to access the menus in the partition.

1. To change your root partition from the main menu of Grub2, press the F8 key .
   
2. You'll see a list of the partition that you install Boot AIO, select and press Enter to use that partition as the root partition.

    

   Here is a list of partitions already installed Boot AIO. Current root partition will not be listed in the list.

3. Now you will have access to the menu and the corresponding package in the root partition of your choice.